- Username
- BrownBunE
- Date posted
- 44w ago
Reworking religion
Because of years of scrupulous OCD the very idea of religious services and activities brings up apprehension and stress. How can I rewire my brain to learn to enjoy these things?
- Username
- Ryan MullenRyan Mullen
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 44w ago
Medication, Therapy, and praying with real intent that God will help you to get back to him in a way that you can understand that its him. It's hard but worth it. Remember God is love and he always will be.
- Username
- ElevenBElevenB
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 44w ago
Give yourself time. Attending services caused a lot of anxiety. Still does to a degree. But I go anyway. I do my ERP at church at times. I sometimes sit in a room where I can't be seen but I can hear. But it doesn't happen overnight. And you can't go by your feelings a lot of times because OCD will lie.
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- Username
- notfortalk
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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- Username
- a.non2
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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- Username
- anthonycaronna
- Date posted
- 1y ago
OCD while worship
Has OCD ever kicked in whenever you felt God’s presence? I felt like it’s been this way for me many times. I could get peaceful and then thoughts could come into my head and I wouldn’t like it at all. Can OCD do this?
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